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same position every time he will soon understand that 

 you mean him to paw by merely a motion of the 

 hand as though you were going to touch him with the 

 whip, or by simply bending the body. When you raise 

 up, he will stop pawing instantly. You can now ask 

 him how old he is, or how many times six will go into 

 eighteen, or how much five times four is or any like 

 question, and when he has pawed the required number 

 of times, change your position, and he will stop pawing. 



TO TEACH A HORSE TO LIE DOWN. 



When ready to teach this trick, take the horse out 

 on a smooth, grassy plot or in a yard covered heavily 

 with straw, following the directions given in this book 

 under instructions, " To Teach a Horse to Kneel." Just 

 as the horse's knee strikes the ground, pull his head 

 toward his side, opposite to that on which his leg is 

 strapped up, and push against his shoulder and hip. 

 This will throw him on his side. 



It would assist considerably to have a surcingle of 

 some kind on him, with a crupper attached to keep it 

 in place, and to fasten one end of a hitching strap to a 

 ring in this surcingle, then run the strap down and 

 through a ring in a halter previously placed on the 

 horse, back again, and through another ring on the 



